{"id":1155,"date":"2018-07-29T13:06:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T11:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pleskext.configbox.com\/bloquear-pasises-bots-plesk\/"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T15:09:43","slug":"deny-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pleskext.configbox.com\/en\/deny-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Deny-country (Country and bot blocker for Plesk)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][cms_heading text=”Extension Functions” font_weight=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1569419718971{margin-bottom: 26px !important;}”]This Plesk extension will allow you to: block access to web hosting<\/strong> (website) from those locations that you consider convenient<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can easily block:[\/vc_column_text][cms_list cms_list=”%5B%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22Access%20from%20entire%20countries.%22%7D%2C%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22Bots%20that%20track%20the%20websites%20automatically.%22%7D%2C%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22Block%20access%20to%20certain%20files%20only.%22%7D%2C%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22Make%20a%20backup%20of%20the%20.htaccess%20file%20and%20restore%20it%20automatically.%22%7D%5D”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1569572441395{margin-bottom: 26px !important;}”]This blocking action will allow you achieve greater security on your website while achieving lower traffic consumption.<\/p>\n

You will avoid receiving spam in the forms or comments of your blog from the countries you block.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner][cms_heading text=”Requirements” font_weight=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1569419820464{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]To run the extension on your Plesk control panel you will need:[\/vc_column_text][cms_list cms_list=”%5B%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22That%20your%20servers%20runs%20under%20Linux%22%7D%2C%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22That%20your%20Plesk%20version%20is%2017.8%20or%20higher.%22%7D%2C%7B%22cms_list_item%22%3A%22Install%20as%20sysadmin%20some%20linux%20modules%20(mod_geoip%20and%20maxmind%20database)%20as%20well%20as%20make%20changes%20to%20the%20log%20system.%22%7D%5D”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1570007157204{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Here are the instructions so you can do it easily.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][cms_heading text=”Installation” text_decoration=”underline” font_weight=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1570006762183{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Here are the steps you must follow to be able to operate the extension correctly. It is important that you run them before installing the extension from Plesk<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Of course, as we told you, you must have SSH access to your server<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”If you use CENTOS 6,7 or 8″]1 – INSTALL MOD_MAXMINBBD<\/strong><\/p>\n

# yum install -y httpd-devel gcc GeoIP GeoIP-GeoLite-data GeoIP-devel libmaxminddb libmaxminddb-devel GeoIP-data geolite2-city<\/p>\n

# cd \/tmp<\/p>\n

# wget https:\/\/github.com\/maxmind\/mod_maxminddb\/releases\/download\/1.2.0\/mod_maxminddb-1.2.0.tar.gz (if link is down or version unavailable, check correct version and link at\u00a0 https:\/\/github.com\/maxmind\/mod_maxminddb\/releases)
\n# tar xvzf mod_maxminddb-1.2.0.tar.gz
\n# cd mod_maxminddb-1.2.0
\n# .\/configure
\n# make install
\n# vi \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/geoip.conf<\/p>\n

<IfModule mod_maxminddb.c>
\nMaxMindDBEnable On
\nMaxMindDBFile CITY_DB \/usr\/share\/GeoIP\/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
\nMaxMindDBEnv GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE CITY_DB\/country\/iso_code
\nMaxMindDBEnv MM_COUNTRY_NAME CITY_DB\/country\/names\/en
\n<\/IfModule><\/p>\n

Save changes<\/p>\n

2 – MODIFY VIRTUALHOST LOG FORMAT<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Create an new apache configuration file to change log format :
\n\/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/zzzz_deny_country_change_log_httpd.conf<\/p>\n

with this contents :<\/code><\/code><\/p>\n

LogFormat \"%a %v@@%p@@%h %l %u %t \\\"%r\\\" %>s %O \\\"%{Referer}i\\\" \\\"%{User-Agent}i\\\" GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE=%{GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE}e\" plesklog<\/code><\/p>\n

# service httpd configtest && service httpd restart<\/p>\n

<\/code><\/p>\n

3 – CHECK THAT IT WORKS CORRECTLY<\/strong><\/p>\n

# tail -f \/var\/www\/vhosts\/system\/domain.com\/logs\/access_log<\/em><\/p>\n

# 216.xxx.xx.xxx – – [02\/Oct\/2019:08:39:07 +0200] “GET \/index.html HTTP\/1.1” 200 17902 “-” “Mozilla\/5.0 (compatible; DotBot\/1.1; http:\/\/www.opensiteexplorer.org\/dotbot, help@moz.com)” GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE=US<\/em><\/p>\n

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4 – ONCE DONE LOOK FOR “DENY-COUNTRY” EXTENSI\u00d3N IN PLESK AND INSTALL IT<\/strong>
\n
\nIt is important that before installing it you have executed the instructions indicated in points 1 to 3<\/span> <\/strong>if you don’t do it it is possible it could not work properly.<\/em>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”If you use DEBIAN or UBUNTU”]1 – INSTALL MOD_MAXMINBBD<\/strong>
\nYou had to follow these steps:<\/p>\n

# apt-get install geoip-bin geoip-database libmaxminddb-dev apache2-dev<\/p>\n